LEBANON, Maine — Police arrested a couple in Somersworth, N.H., Wednesday afternoon in connection with a shooting last week at a 2nd Street home that is now believed to have occurred during a burglary.

Ronald Bauer, 48, with no confirmed address provided, and Susan Gutierrez, 48, of 19 Mechanic St., Dover, N.H., will each be charged with elevated aggravated assault and hindering apprehension for their alleged involvement in a shooting last Tuesday, Jan. 8, where homeowner Richard Potorski, 41, returned to his residence at 11 2nd Street and was surprised by an intruder who shot him in the shoulder.

Potorski remains hospitalized at this time, according to a Maine State Police Department press release, which states the couple intended to burglarize the home to “feed their drug habit.”

Somersworth police say Bauer will also be charged with a probation violation.

Both Bauer and Gutierrez were arrested as they were leaving the apartment of a friend in Somersworth Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 p.m., according to Maine State Police. The Somersworth Police Department says they were arrested at 71B Indigo Hill Road and the two are currently being held at the Strafford County House of Corrections on charges of being fugitives from justice. Each will face an arraignment at Dover Circuit Court today before they are transported back to Maine to face their assault and hindering apprehension charges.

According to Maine State Police Spokesman Steve McCausland, the couple was taken by surprise when they were arrested. They were taken into custody without incident.

McCausland said authorities believe Gutierrez dropped Bauer off at the 11 2nd Street resident last Tuesday to allow him to carry out a burglary of the home. Gutierrez then left in her personal vehicle. Police have alleged Bauer was the only one in the home at the time when Potorski was shot, after he returned home around noon for a lunch break that day. Police found Potorski's Ford Explorer abandoned behind a Big Lots retail store in Rochester, N.H., later that afternoon and officials have said they believe the shooter used the victim's vehicle as a getaway car.

The Maine State Police have also said they are actively investigating the timeline of events to clarify exactly what happened inside the home between Potorski and Bauer and have stated the crime was not reported until approximately 1:45 p.m. later that day, when Potorski's wife returned home and found her husband with a gunshot wound in his shoulder and chest area.

Potorski was transported by LifeFlight helicopter in serious condition to Maine Medical Center.

McCausland said Wednesday's arrests were made possible by a coordinated effort between multiple police agencies identified as the Somersworth Police Department, the U.S. Marshal's Fugitive Task Force, members of the New Hampshire Probation and Parole, the New Hampshire Attorney General's Drug Task Force and the Rochester Police Department, along with law enforcement agencies in Massachusetts, according the Maine department press release.

McCausland added specific details are not being released at this time but noted there may be a number of other charges to come forward against the couple, though the initial charges of elevated aggravated assault will “start the court proceedings” in Maine.